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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 2 January 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Wrapping up 2016 with words from the past year and some newsy limericks. Bigly and Brexit were on lots of lips this year, as well as an increasingly popular Danish word that means “cozy.” Also, Quiz Guy John Chaneski sums up the year in newsy limericks about movies, science, and the Nobel Prize. Finally, an old term takes on new currency: To gaslight someone means to make them doubt their own perceptions. This term for malevolent manipulation was by inspired 1944 film about a psychologically abusive husband. Also, Flee Fly Flo, Latinx, woke, alte kacker, boodler, and to be honest with you. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.0	You're listening to A Way with Words, The Show About Language, and how we use it.
1:07.0	I'm Martha Barnett.
1:08.0	And I'm Grant Barrett, and it's the time of year when I'm thinking about W-O-T-Y, words of the year.
1:14.7	2016 has been a heck of a year.
1:17.3	And a lot of languages come to the fore, of course, a lot of having to do with the presidential
1:22.2	election.
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